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Akimasa Sakuma

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arXiv2007

Decoherence processes of a quantum two-level system coupled to a fermionic environment

We study decoherence processes of an S = 1/2 localized spin coupled to conduction band electrons in a metal or a semiconductor via an Ising-like interaction. We derive master equations for the density matrix of the localized spin, by tracing out all degrees of freedom in the conduction electron system based on the linked-cluster-expansion technique. It is found that the decoherence occurs more rapidly for the metallic case than for semiconducting case.

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arXiv2006

A theoretical analysis on highly spin-polarized transport of iron nitride Fe_4N

In order to propose a ferromagnet exhibiting highly spin-polarized transport, we theoretically analyzed the spin polarization ratio of the conductivity of the bulk Fe$_4$N with a perovskite type structure, in which N is located at the body center position of fcc-Fe. The spin polarization ratio is defined by $P = (σ_\uparrow - σ_\downarrow) / (σ_\uparrow + σ_\downarrow )$, with $σ_{\uparrow(\downarrow)}$ being the conductivity at zero temperature of the up spin (down spin). The conductivity is obtained by using the Kubo formula and the Slater-Koster tight binding model, where parameters are determined from the least-square fitting of the dispersion curves by the tight binding model to those by the first principles calculation. In the vicinity of the Fermi energy, $|P|$ takes almost 1.0, indicating perfectly spin-polarized transport. In addition, by comparing Fe$_4$N to fcc-Fe (Fe$_4$N$_0$) in the ferromagnetic state with the equilibrium lattice constant of Fe$_4$N, it is shown that the non-magnetic atom N plays an important role in increasing $|P|$.

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arXiv2006

Microscopic description of Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert type equation based on the s-d model

A Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert type equation has been derived by using s-d model in which the s-electron system is regarded as an environment coupled weakly with the localized spins. Based on the irreducible linear response theory, we show that the relaxation function of the s-electron spin leads to the Gilbert type damping term which corresponds to the retarded resistance function in the generalized Langevin equation. The Ohmic form of the Gilbert term stems from the fact that the imaginary part of the response function (spin susceptibility) of the itinerant electron system is proportional to the frequency (omega) in the low omega region. It is confirmed that the Caldeira-Leggett theory based on the path-integral approach gives the same result.

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